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I read the definition of the word 苦しむ:
肉体的な痛みや苦しさを感じてつらいと思う
I don't understand what the つらい is doing there. Does it mean the same as づらい. Is there any difference between them?
If so, then I interpret it as "To think "hard to feel body-pain and pain"", is that correct?
Because it's after the て-form, つらい doesn't apply to the verb.
〇〇感じてつらい doesn't mean "it's hard to feel". It means "it's tough because I feel 〇〇".
